Tomorrow's New York Times is reporting that a number of Republican Senators are concerned about the effects of the debate on amending the Constitution to limit marriage to one man and one woman, PageOneQ has learned. The article, by Carl Hulse, will appear on Page 1 of tomorrow's editions.

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Though some Republican candidates may relish the Senate's current concentration on same-sex marriage and other ideologically charged topics, Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island does not.

"It may stir up my primary voters a little bit against me," said Chafee, a centrist Republican up for re-election who opposes the push for constitutional amendments to prohibit same-sex marriage and is under intense pressure to back a proposed amendment that would forbid flag burning. "I'm collateral damage."

Other Republicans, including some conservatives, say Chafee may not be the only potential victim of what they see as a misguided effort to appeal to social conservatives with hot-button issues such as the marriage ban and the flag amendment. They say the discontent among Republicans that is putting the party's control of Congress at risk is being driven by other concerns such as health care, the economy and immigration and that replaying the marriage debate could do as much political damage as good.

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